A little lesson learned the hard way...

*Sigh* I was all pumped and ready to begin my next sewing project this past Friday, Christmas Eve. I cut out my pattern the evening before, got up relatively early Friday morning (c'mon, we're on Christmas break!), washed and dried my fabric, and shook it out only to find that there was NO WAY that piece of fabric could have shrunk from 4 yards to maybe 2 yards! Still, a scant 2 yards was all it seemed to be.

Okay, let me elucidate. The pattern was Kwik Sew 3472. The fabric: lovely, soft, black cotton interlock which I ordered from Marie-Madeline Studios when they seemed to be having a most excellent sale. Those of you who have studied M-M Studios might just be snickering at me and guessing where this is going. That's where I made my mistake. I didn't study the site. We were in the process of moving (y'all know how crazy that can be, and how crazy it can make a person.), and I just quickly found what I wanted and ordered 4 units. Uh-huh. Now the rest of y'all know my mistake. I thought I'd gotten a pretty good buy! Getting 4 yards of black cotton knit for just over $13. But no. I got 4 units, which is 1/2 yards, for just over $13. Ever since I realized that, I've been kicking myself and repeating the phrase "I bought 2 yards of fabric for almost $14?!?!!!!!" Not a good feeling.

I thought that if I shared my not-so-good-experience with y'all, I might save some of you from making the same mistake. Trust me, it's really disappointing when you've had your heart set on that certain project made out of that certain fabric only to find out that you don't have enough of that certain fabric or they no longer make that certain pattern. (Can I make that sound more confusing?) Anyway, there's another story in the life of a Tennessee seamstress (who probably ought to start working on curtains...).